¹⁷ The person who accepts correction is on the way to life.
    But the person who ignores correction will be ruined.

12 Anyone who loves learning accepts being corrected.
    But a person who hates being corrected is stupid.

13 A wise son takes his father’s advice.
    But a person who makes fun of wisdom won’t listen to correction.

¹⁸ A person who refuses correction will end up poor and disgraced.
    But a person who accepts correction will be honored.

⁵ A foolish person rejects his father’s correction.
    But anyone who accepts correction is wise.

¹⁰ The person who quits doing what is right will really be punished.
    The one who hates to be corrected will die.

¹² A person who laughs at wisdom does not like to be corrected.
    He will not ask advice from the wise.

³¹ A wise person pays attention to correction
    that will improve his life.

³² A person who refuses correction hates himself.
    But a person who accepts correction gains understanding.

¹⁰ A wise man will learn more from a warning
    than a foolish person will learn from 100 lashings.

²⁰ Listen to advice and accept correction.
    Then in the end you will be wise.